Day of the Dead Challenge Entries

 I won't be linking away from our blog or posting another blog until January 10th, 2012 to allow all of these entries to get the most comments (which are VOTES) as they can, so please leave a comment below for your FAVORITE design.


We've had a great year. I hope 2012 is better...of course I always hope for progress but it would be really nice to move forward in leaps and bounds instead of the snails pace I've endured in the past 7 years. I often imagine myself in one of those time lapsed filmography's - I am standing still and everyone else rushes past me? Do you feel that way as well? 


We sold 10 challenge kits and have 8 wonderful entries. The Challenge was to use 75% of the kit contents (pic below) in their designs. They must use 75% to get scored in five categories: Theme, Creativity, Functionality, Creative use of techniques and BONUS of 5 extra points for using ALL or MOST of the Lucite sent to them. 

Here they are - our Day of the Dead entries, one by one. 

# 1 Stephanie Haussler - Garden of Skulls

#2 Shelley Nybakke - Pleines - Hangmans' Noose

#3 Jennifer VanBenSchoten - Garden of the Dead

#4 Katie Nelson - Muerta Hermosa

#5 Beth Dewey - Remembrance

#6 Diana Palmer -  Never forget Katrina

#7 Wendy Baker - Twenty flowers for Catrina

#8 Susan Jaisle - Sugar Shack

Good Luck to all our beautiful entries! Leave a comment with your favorite design - we'll be tallying all the Facebook votes for these designs with the comments left here. 

Facebook links:

The Hole Bead Shoppe FAN page

Kelli Burns Facebook page

Here are the prize packages:

Grand Prize:

$100 Cash (sent to winner in the form of a check)

$75 retail value seed beads (selected by Hole Bead Shoppe Staff)

$75 retail value Lucite flowers (selected by Hole Bead Shoppe Staff)

$40 gift certificate from Palmtree Queen Beads

1 year subscription to Bead Design Magazine 

Second Prize:          

Refund of Challenge Kit fee or gift certificate equivalent

$25.00 retail value seed beads (selected by Hole Bead Shoppe Staff)

$25.00 retail value Lucite flowers/leaves (selected by Hole Bead Shoppe Staff)

Third Prize:            

$25.00 gift certificate to The Hole Bead Shoppe awarded by e-mail

FB Prize:

$25.00 gift certificate to The Hole Bead Shoppe awarded by e-mail

Working on a NEW plan

Stephanie H.

on Facebook and Pixybug Designs, came up with a plan to do a Facebook Bead Challenge. I just answered her e-mail. And it appears that she is well on her way to becoming a coordinator for the Bead Challenge. If you'd like to be involved, let me know! theholebeadshop [!at] aol.com

Space will be limited. We're going to work on getting other bead shops, stores to donate and maybe get a judge. Don't hold me to anything but this might be FUN! I'm excited.

We participated in the a Bead Unique magazine Bead Challenge and had lots of fun! It's great getting beads from all over. Of course, I'll post more as details of this project present themselves. Check out Twitter, Facebook, this blog and our e-mail from Ratepoint.